Colonisation of Australia

BBC Timewatch – Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend – YouTube (57:31)https://youtu.be/-5ApP0jr5Wg

A documentary about Captain Cook

Our shared history | Sections | Share Our Pridehttp://shareourpride.reconciliation.org.au/sections/our-shared-history/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have inhabited Australia since millennia, and their cultures, laws, ceremonies and connection to the land is strong and enduring.

Australian History – Penal Colonies – YouTube (5:59)https://youtu.be/S5qYjm6xRZk

A brief description of the early history of Australia and how it came to be today. – Read the text on the screen. Warning for disturbing background music.

A short colonial history of Australia – YouTube (10:24)https://youtu.be/Sv2fDRF2VOk

An informative video of the first voyages and the settlers

The First Voyage of James Cook – YouTube (5:07)https://youtu.be/WVYueGy0IMQ

Be taken from Botany Bay to an animated journey of Captain James Cook and his crew on the Endeavour.

A Brief History Of Australia – YouTube (5:59)https://youtu.be/PhY9PBceqYY

An animated history of Australia, from European discovery to modern-day Australia. funny, slap-stick humour, with a little satire thrown in.

Captain James Cook returns to Hawaii for Ship Repairs – YouTube (9:13)https://youtu.be/pq95bIDWYmU

Against all advice, including Lt William Bligh, Capt James Cook made a decision to return to a known harbour to perform repairs to the ship’s mast.

Why did Europeans settle in Australia? – Australian History Mysteries (4:18)https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info/casestudies/primary-first-fleet/

In this unit you will find out why England decided to settle Australia and why the First Fleet sailed here in 1788 with more than 1000 convicts and marine guards on board.

History of Convict Australia Documentary – YouTube (1:37:35)https://youtu.be/hBlnDv881rQ

Full documentary, no subtitles available.

Aboriginal people and the colony of NSW – Australian History, Colonisation (0:42)http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1612/

Aboriginal people and the colony of NSW is an excerpt from the documentary Rites of Passage the second episode of the two-part series entitled Rogue Nation, produced in 2009.

Early encounters between European colonisers and First Australians – ABC Education (4:46)http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/3002316/aftermaths

The arrival of Endeavour on the east coast of Australia was a pivotal moment in the long history of the continent, especially for the First Australians.

A Look Inside the Heartbreaking Story of Australia’s “Stolen Generation.” – YouTube (3:54)https://youtu.be/wikX7V3nXDE

In this episode of A Broad Abroad we hear from direct descendants of Australia’s stolen generation.”

Dreamtime of the Aborigines Ancient Civilizations Low – YouTube (6:16)https://youtu.be/XjVkPivEj14

Instructional video of the Dreamtime of the Aboriginies. Auto-generated subtitles.

Australian Aborigines – YouTube (4:58)https://youtu.be/YqkgKkW8o6E

A brief history of the Aborigines of Australia. I do not own any of the pictures or music used in the making of this video.

The Land Owns Us | Global Oneness Projecthttp://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films/land-owns-us

The interconnectedness of every living thing is not just an idea but a way of life. In “The Land Owns Us”, we see this important message come to life

Australian History 101 – Darah (Australian Aboriginal Hip-Hop) – YouTube (5:01)https://youtu.be/uCZneDswWS0

The song is something I wanted to get out for a while now. It is a history of the experiences of my people since colonisation.

The Voyagehttp://voyage.anmm.gov.au/

Congratulations! You made it by the ‘skin of your teeth’! You took 187 days to make the voyage. That’s a long time but not the worst. Along the way, Billy Williams died of Scurvy.